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Constituency

87. Jale

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-JALE

BJP 41.7%won by 3.1%JDU 38.6%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.7% to 3.1%.

  • New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 38.6% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.3% of the vote between them, up from 63.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.6% to 52.2%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
2,85,262
Turnout
52.2%
Valid votes
1,48,843
Margin
4,620
3.10%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPJDU swing
−36.3%
BJP share
39.4% 41.7%
JDU share
0.0% 38.6%
Turnout
44.6% 52.2%